بسا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian besë (“oath, pledge”).

Noun

بسا • (besa)

1. oath, pledge (especially among Albanians)

   Synonyms: یمین (yemin), آند (and)

2. agreement, arrangement

Descendants

• Turkish: besa

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “besa¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 561a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بسا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 363b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بسا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 265b